אֵימִים

אֵימָה₁₇ noun feminine terror, dread (Talmud id., compare Assyrian imtu, Dl^W) — ׳א 1 Mos 15,12 +; אֵימָ֫תָה 2 Mos 15,16 (compare Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90}, 2 R. b); construct אֵימַת Ord 20,2 suffix אֵימָתִי 2 Mos 23,27 אֵמָתִי Job 33,7, etc.; plural אֵימִים Jer 50,38 אֵמִים Job 20,25 אֵימוֺת Sl 55,5 suffix אֵמֶיךָ Sl 88,16 — terror, dread (mostly in poetry), inspired by ׳י 2 Mos 15,16 (song in E || פַּחַד) 2 Mos 23,27 (E) 5 Mos 32,25; Job 9,34; Job 13,21 compare Job 33,7; Job 20,25; Sl 88,16 (|| חֲרוֺנִים, בִּעוּתִים vSl 88,17); compare 1 Mos 15,2 אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה גְדוֺלָה; occasioned by enemies Jos 2,9; Es 33,18; Ezr 3,3 by king Ord 20,2 compare Sl 55,5 אֵימוֺת מָוֶת (|| יִרְאָה, רַעַד, פַּלָּצוּת vSl 55,6); predicate of snorting of a war-horse Job 39,20, of teeth of crocodile Job 41,6 plural figurative = idols (i.e. dreadful, shocking things) Jer 50,38 (|| פּסלים).